Evan Y. O'Neill

January 2024

Welcome to Wikipedia. We appreciate your contributions, but in one of your recent edits, it appears that you have added original research, which is against Wikipedia's policies. Original research refers to material—such as facts, allegations, ideas, and personal experiences—for which no reliable, published sources exist; it also encompasses combining published sources in a way to imply something that none of them explicitly say. Please be prepared to cite a reliable source for all of your contributions. You can have a look at the tutorial on citing sources. Thank you. MrOllie (talk) 18:45, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

Dear MrOllie,

I appreciate that you contacted me about this matter, but I do not think that I added any original research. If you could tell me what exactly I wrote that is original research, I will give you a reliable source.

Sincerely, Evan O'Neill Evan Y. O'Neill (talk) 19:18, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Wikipedia VII: The Rise of Jimbo

Although everyone is welcome to contribute to Wikipedia, introducing hoaxes, such as Wikipedia VII: The Rise of Jimbo, is considered to be vandalism and is prohibited. If you are interested in how accurate Wikipedia is, a more constructive test method would be to try to find inaccurate statements that are already in Wikipedia—and then to correct them if possible. If you would like to make test edits, please use the sandbox. Under section G3 of the criteria for speedy deletion, the page has been nominated for deletion. Repeated vandalism may result in the loss of editing privileges.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. ForsythiaJo (talk) 22:41, 24 March 2024 (UTC)

The page was intended to be humorous, unfortunately I forgot to add the humour template. I apologize for any trouble.

Sincerely, Evan O'Neill Evan Y. O'Neill (talk) 00:37, 25 March 2024 (UTC)

How long have I been blocked? Evan Y. O'Neill (talk) 00:59, 25 March 2024 (UTC)

March 2024

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for persistently making disruptive edits.

If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please review Wikipedia's guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text to the bottom of your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}.  Bbb23 (talk) 00:34, 25 March 2024 (UTC)

Please see my above comment in the section "Speedy deletion nomination of Wikipedia VII: The Rise of Jimbo." Sorry for any trouble.

Sincerely, Evan O'Neill Evan Y. O'Neill (talk) 00:40, 25 March 2024 (UTC)

How long will I be blocked?

Sincerely, Evan O'Neill Evan Y. O'Neill (talk) 00:52, 25 March 2024 (UTC)

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).

Evan Y. O'Neill (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

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Request reason:

Could I be unblocked? I understand how I was a vandal in the past, but now I'm not like that anymore. I promise not to do disruptive editing. Evan Y. O'Neill (talk) 23:41, 14 August 2024 (UTC)

Decline reason:

This unblock request has been declined due to your history of vandalism and/or disruption to this encyclopedia. However, we are willing to give you another chance provided that you can earn back the trust of the Wikipedia community. To be unblocked you need to demonstrate and confirm that you are willing and able to contribute positively to Wikipedia. You can do this by:

• Familiarizing yourself with our basic rules.
• Reading our guide to improving articles.
• Picking any pre-existing article you wish to improve.
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If you need help while working with your proposed edits, you may add "{{Help me|your question here ~~~~}}" to your talk page. Thank you. 331dot (talk) 08:02, 15 August 2024 (UTC)

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There's something that doesn't make sense to me. To be more specific I mean the part about picking any pre-existing article I wish to improve. How am I supposed to pick a pre-existing article if I'm currently not allowed to edit. If this sounds rude, I didn't mean for it to sound that way. Also, thank you for being willing to give me a chance. Evan Y. O'Neill (talk) 20:59, 15 August 2024 (UTC)

August 2024

Wait, never mind, I think I understand now. Also thank you for being willing to give me a chance. Evan Y. O'Neill (talk) 23:27, 29 August 2024 (UTC)

Apple of Discord

The Apple of Discord (Ancient Greek: μῆλον τῆς Ἔριδος) was a golden apple dropped by Eris, the goddess of strife, at the wedding of Peleus and Thetis in the Greek myth of the Judgement of Paris. It sparked a vanity-fueled dispute among Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite that eventually led to the Trojan War.

Evan Y. O'Neill (talk) 03:01, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

September 2024

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).

Evan Y. O'Neill (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

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Request reason:

May I be unblocked? And will my above proposed edit for the Apple of Discord page be accepted or denied? Evan Y. O'Neill (talk) 02:58, 14 September 2024 (UTC)

Decline reason:

Your proposed edit does not appear to be sourced, so I am declining your request. PhilKnight (talk) 06:17, 14 September 2024 (UTC)

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Evan Y. O'Neill (talk) 02:58, 14 September 2024 (UTC)

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).

Evan Y. O'Neill (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

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Request reason:

But the only thing I added was the stub template? Why does it need to be sourced? Evan Y. O'Neill (talk) 21:40, 14 September 2024 (UTC)

Decline reason:

As per below. Note that it appears you are deliberately wasting our time here. You'll likely only get one more unblock request so I very strongly suggest you make it count. Yamla (talk) 12:25, 21 September 2024 (UTC)

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Someone else will review this, but you don't seem to understand what we are looking for: "Propose significant and well researched improvements by editing the selected portion of the article. Please note that we are not looking for basic typo corrections, or small unreferenced additions; your edits should be substantial, and reflect relevant policies." Marking an article as a stub, and rewording a plot summary, does not do this. 331dot (talk) 10:29, 15 September 2024 (UTC)}}

I am sorry for being ignorant of Wikipedia's rules and policies. If it seems that I am deliberately wasting your time, please note that that is not what I am intending. I genuinely want to be able to make constructive edits to Wikipedia. Evan Y. O'Neill (talk) 00:59, 2 October 2024 (UTC)

Proposed edit to The Unwanteds

In this book, Aaron is kidnapped by the pirates from the Island of Fire. The pirates think that Aaron is Alex. After weeks in a small fishing boat tied to the back of the pirate's ship, they untie the rope and send him in the direction of the Island of Shipwrecks. Fortunately, he arrives in the hour of calm, but faints from the near-death experience. He is then rescued by Ishibashi-san, Ito-san and Sato-san. Ishibashi thinks he is Alex. He saves Aaron's life by giving him a piece of seaweed to eat that gives him eternal life. Aaron slowly matures and becomes less evil and greedy over the course of his time on the Island of Shipwrecks. While Aaron is kidnapped, Gondoleery takes charge of Quill, and sends Liam and Alex's twin sisters to their deaths in the Ancient Sector. Liam escapes and brings the twins to Artimé. Lani then has the idea to rally up the Necessaries against the new high priest, as she has started to kill the Necessaries and Unwanteds that went to Quill in the last book. The only way that they can carry out the plan is to bring back Aaron. The only clue to where the pirates have gone is that Matilda had seen their boat go towards the east. As Alex and Sky use Claire´s help to go to each of the islands that Aaron could be in, they meet the queen of the ocean, a water dragon named Pan who asks them for wings but does not tell why, saying that there is no human on her island. They then reach the island that Alex had seen the help sign and the saber-toothed gorilla, only now the sign has changed to "COME BACK" so they wait for the night and they hear a girl singing, telling them her story. Alex does not have time to save her on the way but promises to save her on their way back. They find Aaron, rescue the girl and go back home. After rescuing her, they find Gondoleery Rattrap to be more tyrannical and cruel than they thought. The Artiméans prepare for war with the Quillens who fight for Gondoleery.

My proposed edit would fix some grammatical mistakes, as well as too much repetition. Evan Y. O'Neill (talk) 21:53, 14 September 2024 (UTC)

Scamander

Geography

The Scamander River was named after the river god Scamander. The Scamander River was the river that surrounded Troy.

Mythology

Achilles and Scamander

Scamander fought on the side of the Trojans during the Trojan War (Iliad XX, 73/74; XXI), after the Greek hero Achilles insulted him. Scamander was also said to have attempted to kill Achilles three times, and the hero was only saved due to the intervention of Hera, Athena and Hephaestus. In this context, he is the personification of the Scamander River that flowed from Mount Ida across the plain beneath the city of Troy, joining the Hellespont north of the city. The Achaeans, according to Homer, had set up their camp near its mouth, and their battles with the Trojans were fought on the plain of Scamander. In Iliad XXII (149ff), Homer states that the river had two springs: one produced warm water; the other yielded cold water, regardless of the season.

According to Homer, he was called Xanthos by gods and Scamander by men, which might indicate that the former name refers to the god and the latter one to the river itself.

In a story by Pseudo-Plutarch, Scamander went mad during the mysteries of Rhea and flung himself into the river Xanthus, which was then renamed to Scamander. The god Scamander took the side of the Trojans in the Trojan War. Evan Y. O'Neill (talk) 00:52, 2 October 2024 (UTC)